Michael Dean Russell Jr.

Birthday: 26 September 1973, Modesto, California, USA

Height: 189 cm

Michael has lived, worked, and traveled throughout the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Middle-East and Asia-Pacific, while serving in the US military since 1996.Born on September 26, 1973, Michael started mak ...Show More

Michael has lived, worked, and traveled throughout the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Middle-East and Asia-Pacific, while serving in the US military since 1996.Born on September 26, 1973, Michael started making movies as a teenager with those big VHS home video cameras with his neighborhood friends. They would reenact scenes from Batman, Indiana Jones, Star Wars to Cocktail, showing his extreme interest in acting and filmmaking at an early age.Despite being very shy in elementary school and glued to the TV watching his favorites of Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplain, The Three Stooges, and any Warner Brothers cartoons, especially Bugs Bunny, Michael's mom encouraged him to act in local school plays to help him open up to others, since he use to hide under his high chair when someone would ring the doorbell at his home.Although Michael was never a child nor teenage star, Michael didn't land his first real TV role until he was serving in the US military at the age of 32 in Miami, FL.After being cut out of this role, 'Aquaman', Michael then landed a movie role as a father on the beach with Harland Williams in the sequel to an old 1980s comedy hit, 'Bachelor Party', starring Tom Hanks.Following these great experiences and opportunities, Michael received orders to serve overseas and had to take a break from acting to serve his country and family.During his off-duty hours overseas, Michael began to study and Master the art of filmmaking, where he would begin to learn the craft of directing, writing, and acting that he dreamed of studying. At this time, Michael's dream was starting to come through, something he admired doing after serving his country.Just recently he wrapped up a terminal Masters in Fine Arts in Motion Pictures and Television, retired from the US military, and moved to Los Angeles with his son, Parker, also an actor to pursue their dreams in the 'City of Angels'. Hide